Butterly murder trial excludes public during garda evidence

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The Butterly murder trial was reported on 16 October 2014 after the Special Criminal Court excluded the public during garda evidence. Three men had pleaded not guilty to murdering Peter Butterly, who was shot dead at the Huntsman Inn in Gormanston, Co Meath, on 6 March 2013.

The court allowed gardaí from the National Surveillance Unit to give evidence anonymously, while ordering that their names and addresses be provided to the defence but not published. It also directed that defence experts could examine a laptop and hard drive seized by gardaí, while restricting disclosure of some other records.